Birse Brae, Birsemore

A Wright, granite merchant, 1894. Single storey and attic, 4-bay villa. Rough-faced coursed grey and pink granite with finely finished dressings to N Elevation; tooled pink coursed granite rubble finely finished to margins of remainder. Battered base course, and finely finished pink dividing band courses to N elevation; overhanging eaves, supported to N by finely finished grey granite brackets.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; recessed panelled timber door flanked to left and right by glazed panels, overhang supported by highly polished granite column, cast-iron bell-pull to right of column; tripartite window to slightly recessed bay to outer right; gableted 3-light canted window through ground and attic floors to penultimate bay to left, decorative floreate finial to apex; tripartite window to bay to outer left. Polished grey and pink granite kerbstones in front of base course with sphere capped dividing blocks.

W ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; single bay; roof swept down over bipartite window to centre of ground floor, segmental-arched tripartite dormer to attic above; timber panelled gablehead above.

S ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 7-bay; regular fenestration to 3 central bays; 2 flanking bays to left obscured by modern lean-to conservatory; 2 flanking bays to right slightly recessed, bipartite window flanked to right by boarded timber door reached by stone steps.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 2-bay; bay to left advanced, segmental-arched tripartite dormer to attic, panelled gablehead above with cast-iron finial bearing initials "AW", window to right return; recessed bay to right blank.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with decorative cast-iron cresting. Coped granite stacks at gableheads and breaking pitch, with circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURES AND BOUNDARY WALLS: granite rubble boundary walls with rubble coping; lean-to ancillary structure built into wall to SE with 2 boarded timber doors and walls swept up to accommodate height. Gateway to centre of S wall. Single storey, rectangular-plan ancillary structure to SW of house, harl-pointed granite rubble; lean-to at centre of E elevation with boarded timber doors, window flanking to left; 2 gabled bays to outer left and right, garage to right, boarded timber door flanked to left by window at left; grey slate roof with decorative ironwork final.